Make it easier to promote the standing of UK and Ireland courses throughout Europe and the rest of the world

Guarantee to potential students that a course can satisfy the academic requirements for Institute Membership

Enhance the standing of physics and physicists

The skills and achievements of graduates of Accredited degrees are set out in The Physics Degree (PDF, 38 KB), which includes the Core of Physics, the key concepts which must be covered in all accredited programmes.

Holders of accredited degrees can follow a route to Institute Membership and the CPhys professional qualification. Graduates of accredited Integrated Masters degrees have fulfilled the educational requirements for CPhys status, while graduates of accredited Bachelors degrees have partially fulfilled these requirements, and need to demonstrate MPhys equivalence.